Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal

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The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
U R HERE Honesty
XXX Danny Brown
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Suspicious Minds
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
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